Editing Dopes to Infinity

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Dopes to Infinity
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Monster Magnet]]
| cover        = Monster Magnet Dopes to Infinity.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = {{start date|1995|3|21}}
| recorded     = 1994
| venue        = 
| studio       = * [[Magic Shop (recording studio)|Magic Shop]], New York City
*[[Electric Lady Studios|Electric Lady]], New York City
| genre        = {{Flatlist|
*[[Space rock]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/monster-magnet-powertrip/ |title=Monster Magnet Albums Ranked Worst to Best |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |date=June 13, 2018  |publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=2022-06-15}}</ref> 
*[[stoner rock]]<ref name="treble">{{cite web|title=10 Essential Stoner Rock Albums|url=http://www.treblezine.com/34799-10-best-stoner-rock-albums/|last=Terich|last2=Blyweiss|first=Jeff|first2=Adam |publisher=Treblezine|date=April 20, 2017|accessdate=May 21, 2017}}</ref> 
*[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]<ref name="treble" />
}}
| length       = 62:21
| label        = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| producer     = [[Dave Wyndorf]]
| prev_title   = [[Superjudge]]
| prev_year    = 1993
| next_title   = [[Powertrip]]
| next_year    = 1998
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Dopes to Infinity
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Negasonic Teenage Warhead (song)|Negasonic Teenage Warhead]]
 | single1date = 1995
 | single2     = Dopes to Infinity
 | single2date = 1995
 | single3     = Dead Christmas
 | single3date = 1995
 | single4     = Look to Your Orb for the Warning
 | single4date = 1995
}}
}}

'''''Dopes to Infinity''''' is the third album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Monster Magnet]], released on March 21, 1995. The album includes the song "[[Negasonic Teenage Warhead (song)|Negasonic Teenage Warhead]]", the band's first hit single. 

==Overview==
The song "[[Negasonic Teenage Warhead (song)|Negasonic Teenage Warhead]]" became the band's first hit single, after having appeared the previous year in different form in the American movie ''[[S.F.W.]]''. Other tracks, such as the title track and "Dead Christmas" however, received little or no airplay, resulting in sales of the album being only slightly better than their previous album, ''[[Superjudge]]''. The album did reach #51 on the [[UK Albums Chart|UK Charts]] and #30 in the German Charts.<ref>[http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/MONSTER+MAGNET/Dopes+To+Infinity/longplay] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175623/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/MONSTER+MAGNET/Dopes+To+Infinity/longplay|date=March 3, 2016}} musicline.de (German, July 10, 2010)</ref>

A music video was made for the song "Negasonic Teenage Warhead," directed by [[Gore Verbinski]].

In 2011, Monster Magnet revisited the album when they embarked on "Dopes To Infinity 2011: The European Tour", performing the album live in its entirety at several European locations.

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dopes-to-infinity-mw0000123206|title=Dopes to Infinity – Monster Magnet|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=May 7, 2020|last=Raggett|first=Ned}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |pages=286-287}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3score = A−<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/03/24/dopes-infinity/|title=Dopes to Infinity|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=March 24, 1995|accessdate=May 7, 2020|last=Sinclair|first=Tom|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308202938/https://ew.com/article/1995/03/24/dopes-infinity/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
| rev4score = 10/10<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=11457|title=Monster Magnet – Dopes to Infinity|magazine=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|issue=93|date=January 25, 1995|accessdate=May 22, 2013|last=Kress|first=Hanno|language=German|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924125718/http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=11457|archivedate=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Monster Magnet|last=Kot|first=Greg|author-link=Greg Kot|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-first=Nathan|editor2-last=Hoard|editor2-first=Christian|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/555 555]}}</ref>
}}
In 2005, ''Dopes to Infinity'' was ranked number 406 in ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' magazine's book of ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=46}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| headline      = 
| all_writing   = [[Dave Wyndorf]], except where noted.
| title1        = Dopes to Infinity
| writer1       = 
| length1       = 5:43
| title2        = [[Negasonic Teenage Warhead (song)|Negasonic Teenage Warhead]]
| writer2       = 
| length2       = 4:28
| title3        = Look to Your Orb for the Warning
| writer3       = 
| length3       = 6:32
| title4        = All Friends and Kingdom Come
| writer4       = 
| length4       = 5:38
| title5        = [[Ego the Living Planet|Ego, the Living Planet]]
| writer5       = 
| length5       = 5:07
| title6        = Blow 'Em Off
| writer6       = 
| length6       = 3:51
| title7        = Third Alternative
| writer7       = 
| length7       = 8:33
| title8        = I Control, I Fly
| writer8       = Wyndorf, Jon Kleiman
| length8       = 3:18
| title9        = King of Mars
| writer9       = 
| length9       = 4:33
| title10       = Dead Christmas
| writer10      = 
| length10      = 3:54
| title11       = Theme from "Masterburner"
| writer11      = Wyndorf, Joe Calandra
| length11      = 5:06
| title12       = Vertigo
| writer12      = 
| length12      = 5:41
| total_length  = 62:21
}}

{{Track listing
| headline      = UK/European release
| title12       = Vertigo
| note12        = contains a 3:34 edit of "Forbidden Planet" after 2 minutes of silence
| length12      = 11:15
| total_length  = 68:04
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Japan bonus tracks
| title13 = Eclipse This
| length13 = 4:33
| title14 = Negasonic Teenage Warhead
| length14 = 10:26
| note14 = live
| total_length = 77:20
}}

===Australian Tour edition bonus disc===
{{Track listing
| title1 = Intro
| length1 = 0:36
| note1 = live
| title2 = Snake Dance
| length2 = 3:33
| note2 = live
| title3 = Twin Earth
| length3 = 3:59
| note3 = live
| title4 = Nod Scene
| length4 = 3:15
| note4 = live
| title5 = Evil
| length5 = 3:12
| note5 = live
| total_length = 14:25
}}

===Vinyl double-LP===
{{track listing
| headline        = Side A
| title1 = Dopes to Infinity
| writer1 =
| length1 = 5:43
| title2 = Negasonic Teenage Warhead
| writer2 = 
| length2 = 4:28
| title3 = Look to Your Orb for the Warning
| writer3 = 
| length3 = 6:32
| title4 = All Friends and Kingdom Come
| writer4 = 
| length4 = 5:38
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = Side B
| title5 = Ego, the Living Planet
| writer5 = 
| length5 = 5:07
| title6 = Blow 'Em Off
| writer6 = 
| length6 = 3:51
| title7 = Third Alternative
| writer7 = 
| length7 = 8:33
| title8 = I Control, I Fly
| writer8 = Wyndorf, Jon Kleiman
| length8 = 3:18
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = Side C
| title9 = King of Mars
| writer9 =
| length9 = 4:33
| title10 = Dead Christmas
| writer10 =
| length10 = 3:54
| title11 = Theme from "Masterburner"
| writer11 = Wyndorf, Joe Calandra
| length11 = 5:06
| title12 = Vertigo
| writer12 = 
| length12 = 5:41
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = Side D
| title13 = Forbidden Planet
| length13 = 16:08
| total_length = 78:29
}}

==Personnel==
*[[Dave Wyndorf]] – vocals, bass, guitar, percussion, [[theremin]], [[Organ (music)|organ]], [[Bell (instrument)|bell]]s, [[mellotron]], producer
*[[Ed Mundell]] – bass, guitar, background vocals
*Joe Calandra – guitar, bass, background vocals
*Jon Kleiman – [[percussion instrument|percussion]], drums, bass, background vocals

==Chart positions==

===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Chart (1995–1996)
! Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=192}}</ref>
| 69
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|77|artist=Monster Magnet|album=Dopes to Infinity|rowheader=true|access-date=August 29, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|30|id=10898|artist=Monster Magnet|album=Dopes to Infinity|rowheader=true|access-date=August 29, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|17|artist=Monster Magnet|album=Dopes to Infinity|rowheader=true|access-date=August 29, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|51|date=19950326|rowheader=true|access-date=August 29, 2022}}
|-
! scope="row"| US [[Top Heatseekers]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/dopes-to-infinity-mw0000123206/awards "Top Heatseekers"]. allmusic.com. Retrieved on November 16, 2013.</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|22
|}

'''Singles'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Single
! [[Modern Rock Tracks]]
! [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]]
|-
| 1995
| "Negasonic Teenage Warhead"
| 26
| 19
|}

==Miscellanea==
{{trivia|section|date=May 2023}}
* Track 5 was inspired by the character [[Ego the Living Planet]] from the [[Marvel Universe|Marvel Comics universe]].
* During the early days of [[MTV2]] (1998), in between music videos, a conversation in the woods of two stoner types was shown whereby one of the two mentions that Dopes to Infinity was one of the best albums of all time.
* A shorter version of the track "Look to Your Orb for the Warning" was featured on ''[[The Matrix]]'' [[The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture|soundtrack]].
* The main guitar riff to the song Dopes To Infinity was lifted from the 1971 song "Woman Tamer" by the proto-heavy metal band [[Sir Lord Baltimore]].

==References==
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